A boy playing in the water fountains in Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park, Sept. 13, 2005.

Yellow flowers in front of Menasha High School, August 2003. This photo is being used with my permission at K-shard.net, a new Website and blog from a thoughtful young man who obtained my permission to use the photo.

One of my first photos, taken in the Twin Lakes area of Wisconsin, May 16, 2003. I love the interaction of the eye and reflected tree.

While at Camp Bear Paw near Mountain, Wisconsin, I was pleased to find and photograph this yellow mushroom in August of 2003.

While in Chicago in May 2003 to give a paper at a conference, I found an interesting scene in which the light of setting sun was reflected by the windows of a tall building against the buildings and water tower shown here.

After a rainstorm in July 2003, I saw this flower in the gutter next to City Park in Appleton. I took just one shot as I was hurriedly walking by - but it turned out to be one of my favorites.

This sea turtle in the National Aquarium of Washington, D.C. seemed to enjoy being photographed. A curious creature. (This photo was recolored using Serif PhotoPlus 8.)

This magnolia blossom was photographed while my family vacationed in Washington, D.C., June 2003. I was thrilled with how the rich white color stood out from the background.

Sunset over the Mississippi River after a storm, Nauvoo, Illinois, June 2003.

Trees along a path in the Chicago Botanic Garden, May 23, 2003.

Apple blossoms photographed one morning in my yard, 2003, with flash to increase the contrast between the flowers and the grass in the background.

Hats sold by a vendor in Washington, D.C., June 2003.

Evening view on the Georgia Tech campus, Atlanta, Feb. 9, 2004.

"Antimatter Snowpuffs." This image is the negative of a blue-enhanced photo of snow on top of the remnants of cone flowers in my front yard. It looks like some kind of microbes.

Sunrise above a factory with shadows of smokestacks showing up in the plumes. Menasha, Wisconsin, Dec. 2003.

Fireworks as viewed in Jefferson Park, Menasha, July 4, 2003.

Street lamp in Appleton with an unusual sunset brewing, taken Sept. 1, 2004 and slightly modified in color.

Two views of a folded paper object given to my family as a gift from the Hmong woman who made it.